British Airways Boeing 787-9 G-ZBKA operating BA103 London Heathrow – Calgary diverted to Iqualit this evening due to a technical issue and fumes in the flight deck requiring crew to use their oxygen masks. As a result BA102 Calgary – London Heathrow was cancelled.

British Airways Boeing 787-9 G-ZBKA arrived into Kuala Lumpur this afternoon as BA33 from London Heathrow (depart London Heathrow 23rd August), however tonight’s return BA34 was cancelled due to a technical issue.

British Airways Boeing 787-9 G-ZBKA operating BA233 London Heathrow – Moscow Domodedovo was to the south of Riga at 39,000 ft this morning when it turned back to London Heathrow for a safe landing following a technical issue.

British Airways commenced Boeing 787 service on the London Heathrow – Los Angeles route today with Boeing 787-9 G-ZBKA operating the new BA281/BA280 rotation. British Airways will operate 3 x daily to Los Angeles over the winter with one A380 and one Boeing 747-400 rotation along with the Boeing 787-9.

British Airways Boeing 787-9 G-ZBKA entered service this afternoon operating BA191 London Heathrow – Austin. This was sold as a Three Class service. It is understood that the aircraft will rotate through all current Boeing 787-8 stations with the First Class cabin left onsold in order to familiarise ground staff with the larger aircraft, before commencing Four Class operations on October 25th.

British Airways Boeing 787-9 G-ZBKA was delivered Paine Field – London Heathrow this afternoon as BA9158. This is the first Boeing 787-9 for British Airways. The aircraft is in White Union Flag with Crest livery and 8F/42J/39W/127Y configuration.